Chapter 180 Failed City Siege! (1/2)
Lin Jie looked at Baili Xuanyuan's body in an indifferent manner and curved up his lips.
With the added effect of the City Leader's Seal, Lin Jie was the No. 1 Boss in the City of Light! With all his Stats increased by 400 points, his powerful δamage was not something Baili Xuanyuan could fend off!
He took a look at the battlefield. Heeding the summons of Military General Layard and Mena, the number of Dynasty Knights and Panther Sentinels had already reached 5,000 people!
”Clean up the battlefield now,” ordered Lin Jie.
”Warriors, time to clean up the battlefield!” Layard took out his longsword and shouted, ”Kill all invaders!”
Boom—
The originally still guards who were defending the City Leader's Mansion charged forward, and killed all the players' vanguard teams who surrounded the City Leader's Mansion! Following that, they turned back and rushed into the warring City of Light and started killing the rebels!
Baili Xuanyuan had previously promised Eighteen Massacres and Demon Robe that they could keep all the gains they got for themselves during the siege if they lent their teams to Baili Xuanyuan. In the battle for the city, the greater the damage suffered by the NPCs and the establishments in the city, the greater the amount Baili Xuanyuan would have to pay for repairing the city. As such, one could see how much efforts Baili Xuanyuan had spent on trying to draw them to his side!
However, what the players did not expect was that a few Level 70 Elites would barge in while they were raiding the stores in City of Light. They arrested them and threw them into jail, while anyone who dared to resist would be killed on the spot!
”Baili Xuanyuan, what's happening? Aren't you attacking the City Leader's Mansion? I have lost about 400+ followers!” Eighteen Massacres fumed when he was notified by his followers. He quickly told them to retreat, but it was too late—as long as they carried any items that were robbed from the stores, the players would be unable to escape the interrogation by the shrewd Panther Sentinels. The number of players being thrown into jail was steadily rising.
Demon Robe was more quick-witted though—while he ordered a portion of his followers to lead the NPCs towards the Kingdom of Glory's members, he started retreating with most of his followers. The whole City of Light was full of screams and shouts. The only difference was that the original 'hunters'—the players—were being hunted instead, and they were arrested mercilessly by the NPCs!
At the City Leader's Mansion.
The bedroom door was pushed open slowly. Layard reported respectfully at the door, ”My Lord, we had fought off all the enemies.”
Lin Jie turned and took down the black robe he donned.
”You…” Military General Layard's pupils constricted, and he stood up in the next moment, glaring at Lin Jie. He exclaimed, ”How dare you barge into the City Leader's Mansion and use the City Leader's Seal! You will be served the death penalty!”
Lin Jie looked at the corpse of Baili Xuanyuan on the ground, kicked it in front of Layard and placed back the City Leader's Seal respectfully to its original spot. He stretched out both hands in front of Military General Layard and said nonchalantly, ”Arrest me then. I indeed used the City Leader's Seal on my own accord.”
Layard was already an elderly general. He had been fighting for his Empire all his life, and at last, was given the position of the Military General of the City of Light. He knew for sure that his powers were limited—this restriction came from a force that was all domineering and irresistible. However, when this young lad in front of him had control over the City Leader's Seal, the seal on him had been removed. As such, he was filled with gratitude towards Lin Jie—this was something he could not explain with words.
The restriction placed on Layard was, of course, the game's rules. Like any normal Bosses or NPCs, the usage of any of their skills would only be activated based on the game's plot. This was why strong NPCs would sometimes be played to death by players.
Looking at this young lad in front of him, Layard felt that no matter what, he was still the person who saved the City of Light! His merits offset his faults!
Layard looked down at his hands, and suddenly shouted, ”Viscount, why are you here? Guards, throw him out! Nobody can enter the City Leader's Mansion without permission!”
”Yes!” The patrolling guards caught Lin Jie and brought him out of the City Leader's Mansion.
On his way out, Lin Jie saw that numerous dead bodies were strewn around and stacked up on the ground. The sight of this scene was horrifying—but this was war!
Ding~
——System Announcement: Baili Xuanyuan has launched a City Siege towards City of Light, and he has failed! City of Light was damaged by 65%! To rebuild City of Light, Construction Missions will be launched! Players can receive Construction Missions from the Holy Church's Consuls and earn plentiful rewards for completing them!
——System Announcement: Verdict on those shameful sinners! All people who attempt to destroy our peace should be punished! City of Light is distributing Arrest Missions, and all players can receive Arrest Missions to capture and kill the people who were involved in this City siege to earn plentiful rewards!
——System Announcement: City of Light is conducting a series of training! All transaction-type NPCs' levels will be raised by 40 levels and become Elites, while all Patrol Guards' levels will be raised by 20 levels, and become Enhanced Elites!
As a result of this war, City of Light was left in ruins. However, this wasn't a totally bad thing—at least for the players. 30 Construction Missions were classified as a group, and other than gaining large amounts of EXP and Reputation points, completing a group of Construction Missions would allow players to get a Construction Gift Bag, which could give them a lot of great items.
Other than that, the Arrest Missions attracted lots of players too! Other than Kingdom of Glory and Dark-Robed Knights, the other guilds which followed Baili Xuanyuan were just second class or even third-class guilds. These guilds' members were extremely weak, but the rewards for the Arrest Missions remained the same if one arrested these players: anyone who killed a player who was involved in the City siege would be rewarded with 30,000 EXP and a silver coin. To many players, these Arrest Missions were like just giving out EXP and money for free!Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
The NPCs in City of Light had increased in their powers and levels too. It was a pity that a lot of NPCs had been killed in the battle for the city, and hence the Favorability the players earned from them were all refreshed. This did result in many complaints by the players
Lin Jie hurried over to the Blacksmith's Shop, and was pleased to discover that not only was Master Blue unharmed, he was also a Level 50 Elite now, and his combat abilities were increased tremendously! In contrast with the neighboring Potions Shop and Material Shop… all of the NPCs in those shops had been killed, and they had been robbed of all their formulas and materials. Master Blue's fate was indeed considered lucky.
Well, but this made sense—Master Blue was backed by the Earth Sword Saint, after all!